Algebra 2 Formative Assessment - Sets and Probability

Name:………………………………………… Date: ……………

1. {
If P = x x Î Z ,-2 £ x < 5}:

a) list the elements of P b) find n(P )

21 1,011,217,4 7
2. Write in interval notation the set of all integers greater than 7.

E Z 71773
3. Write in interval notation the set of all rational numbers between – 4 and 1.

71 E Q 4 212 I

4. True or false?

F
!
a) ∈ℤ
"

b) −3 ∈ ℕ F
c) √36 ∈ ℚ
T
d) )∈ℝ
T
5. Express as the ratio of two integers in simplest form:

a) 0.26

b) 0. -63
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6. Given n(U ) = 26 , n( A) = 11, n(B) = 12 , n( A Ç B) = 8 , find n( A È B)

3 8 4
15
A
e
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7.
4 12 1,0 1 2,7
If U = {x x Î Z ,-2 £ x < 12}, A = {x x Î Z ,2 < x £ 8}, and B = {x x Î Z ,6 £ x < 10}:
List the elements of:
A 1,45,67,81 13
96,7 8,9
a) B’
f 2 1 O 2 3 4 S 10 I l
b) A Ç B
16 7,81
c) A Ç B'
13,4 s

8. Using the Venn diagrams below, shade the following:

a) A'È B b) A'Ç B

A B B
A

9. This Venn diagram shows how many students

in a class play football (F) or hockey (H). For
example, five play hockey but not football.

a) How many students play both sports?

9
b) How many students play football?
13
c) How many students play neither sport? 2
d) How many students are in the class? 20
10. All members of a class of 27 students participated in at least one event on
sports day. Twenty students participated in individual events and 12 students
took part in team events.
a) Draw a Venn diagram to show the situation.
20 12 32
T I
7 5 15

b) Find the number of members who took part in both individual and team events.

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11. The local Arts and Drama Society has 58 members. During the past year, 23
members attended plays, 29 attended concerts and 25 attended films. It is
also known that 5 members attended plays, concerts, and films. Fourteen
members attended plays and concerts, and 8 members attended plays and
films. Fourteen members only attended concerts.

a) Draw a Venn diagram to show the situation.

I I
6 14

3
g 1

16 4
I

b) Find the number of members who only attended films.

16

c) Find the number of members who did not attend any plays, concerts, or films.

12. U = {integer N: 30 ≤ N ≤ 40} E 30,37 34,36 38,40

E = {even numbers}, T = {multiples of 3} and T 30 33 36 391
F = {multiples of 5}
a) Fill in the elements of U in the diagram. F 30 35 40
b) List the elements of:
i EÇTÇF
301 E T
ii E Ç (F È T)
32
730,36 405 36 33
iii (E È F È T)’ 34
18 30 39
11,773
iv E ’ Ç T ’ go
I 31.79.371 3s 37
F
31 U
 13. Describe the region shaded using the symbols for union, intersection and
complement.
Au B alanis
a)
AaB
b) c) An But
panel
lap
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14. There are 20 counters in a box. Nine are yellow, 4 are black and 7 are green.
a) What is the probability that a counter which is taken from the box without looking will be
green?
A. /20
0
7

B. 9
/20
C.
4
/20

b) What is the probability that a counter taken from the box without looking will be yellow or
black?
A. 7
/20
B. 36
/400
C. /20
0
13

c) What is the probability that a counter taken from the box without looking will be blue?
A. 0
B. Infinity
C. 1

d) What is the probability that a counter taken from the box without looking will not be black
or green?
A. 7
/20
B. 9
/20
C. 1
/4

15. Two spinners are each marked 1, 2, 3. Write down all the possible pairs of numbers that
you can get when the two spinners are spun. The pairs of numbers are added together to get
a score. As the spinners are only marked from 1 to 3, there is a maximum score of 6.

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a) What is the probability of getting a score of 3?
A. 2
/9
B.
C.
1
/18
/9 11431 12 I
I 13 31
1

b) What is the most likely score?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
c) What is the probability of getting a score of 6?
A. 1
/36
B. 1
/9
C. 2
/9

16. Melanie has been recording how many times a drawing pin landed point-up after being
thrown in the air. She threw the pin 50 times and found it landed point-up 9 times.

a) What is the (experimental) probability of it landing point-up in the next throw?

A. 9
/50
B. 1
/2
C. 1
/50

b) What is the (experimental) probability it does not land point-up after the next throw?
A. 49
/50
B. 1
/2
C. 41
/50

c) The next day she throws the drawing pin in the air 200 times. Using her figures from the
previous day, roughly how many times could she expect the drawing pin to land point-up?
A. 45
B. 27
C. 36

17. Drawer A contains 7 red socks and 3 black socks. Drawer B contains 4 red socks and 6
black socks.

A sock is taken from each drawer.

In this tree diagram, some of the values are missing:

0.6

0.4
0.6

a) A = 0.7
____

b) B = ____
0.4
c) 0.6
C = ____

d) What is the probability of taking two red socks?

0.7 0.4 0.28

e) What is the probability of taking a sock of each colour? 0.7 0.6 t 0.3 0.4
0 42 0.12 0 54
18. Two dice are biased so that the probability of getting a six on each die is 0.2.
The two dice are rolled. By drawing a tree diagram, or otherwise, find:

a) P(two 6s)

0.2 0.1
six
0,04 six
8 wish
2 six
pit
b) P(exactly one 6)
S at six

0.2 0.8 0.8 0.2

0.32

19. A bag contains 2 red beads and 3 black beads. Two beads are taken from the bag
simultaneously.

in
Ff
a
Rin I
RR
24 E
24
BB to
Please enter your answer as a decimal, as illustrated in the diagram.

a) P =____
0.21
0.75
b) Q =____

c) R =____

d) S =____

e) What is the probability that both beads are the same colour?
fo 0.4
f) What is the probability of obtaining exactly one red bead?
1 0.6
g) What is the probability of obtaining at least one red bead? 14
5 0.7
20. In the staff room, there are two printers, Printer A and Printer B. You can
assume that Printer A working does not affect the probability of Printer B working,
and vice versa. If there is a 80% chance of Printer A working, and a 70% chance of
Printer B working, find:

a) the probability that both Printer A and Printer B will be working

Pla ad B P Al P BI
0.1 0.7 0.51 56
b) the probability that neither Printer A nor Printer B will be working

O 2 0.1 0.06 6
c) the probability that at least one of the printers will not be working

P not both working 100 569 44

21. In a survey, students were asked whether they liked Mathematics or English.

Math English
12 5 15

Use the Venn Diagram to determine the probability that a randomly-chosen student
likes:
a) English 20
39

b) Math and English s

39

c) exactly one of Math and English I

29
d) neither Math nor English 7
39
e) English given that they like Math
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 22. In a class of 30 students, 20 play football, 7 play rugby, and 4 play both
sports.

Football Rugby
w16 4
x 7y

z 7

a) Write down w, x, y and z.

w= 16 x=
4 y=
3 z=
7
b) Find the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class will play
rugby and football. 4
To
c) Find the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class will play
neither rugby nor football.
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30
d) Find the probability that a student who plays football will also play rugby.
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23. Two dice are rolled. The events 'obtaining a six with the first die' and 'obtaining an even
number with the second die' are independent.
T
True / False ?

24. Two dice are rolled. The events 'obtaining a six with the first die' and 'obtaining an even
number with the second die' are mutually exclusive.
F
True / False ?

25. A box contains 7 red balls and 4 white balls. Two balls are taken out and not replaced.
The events 'the first ball is red' and 'the second ball is white' are independent.

True / False ?
F

26. A bag contains 3 green counters and 6 black counters. A counter is taken from the bag,
its colour noted, and then replaced. A second counter is then taken from the bag. The events
'the first counter is green' and 'the second counter is black' are independent.
T
True / False ?